Each week I write a weekly column trying to capture and replay a tiny bit of the incredible conversations and efforts taking place behind the scenes at On Being. Sometimes it's a listener's response on our Facebook page or a gorgeous photo on Instagram, but it's often intriguing. If you'd like to receive my column in your email inbox, subscribe to our weekly newsletter!

Ooh la la! So many years ago. That's Krista interviewing Jaroslav Pelikan over a decade ago. This was taken during the early days of the show, at a time when we were just getting our feet wet. Boy does it take me back! We revived a lot of lost material that wasn't included in the original production. It's worth the listen.

"The first time I heard this program, maybe three years ago, it meant nothing to me. I just didn't understand what he was talking about. It was very academic and not at all grounded in my experience. I listened to it again last month and was amazed at how meaningful it was. Yes, yes yes! I kept saying as I listened. Thank you, On Being, for bringing me stories and thinkers big enough and deep enough that I can grow into them."

So often an idea or a thought finds us when we're ready to receive it.

"Eventually things clarify themselves and life begins to divulge a steadier destination."

It's been an absolute delight watching a vision for our office space and studios come to life in inspired ways. It's more than I could ever have imagined. This past week we hosted a dinner and conversation with Bill Antholis, managing director of the Brookings Institution.

Even Mark Wheat, a DJ with The Current, stopped by for lunch. He's as gracious in person as he is on the air. Yes, he's even cooler.

When we live behind a mask, how do we connect and establish trust with one another? Parker Palmer does what he does so well; he articulates how each one of us can live an undivided life, at work and at home. (Bonus: check out his six-minute video too!)

Happened upon this photo of young Indian Hindu Brahmins training to be priests and doing yoga by the Ganges while searching for a lead image for last week's episode. I could use that type of serenity.

The ice is almost out on the lakes here in Minnesota. But not yet. I'll leave you with this parting thought from a bait shop. This sign represents everything I love about hanging up north, as they say, and what we could become if we just put our money in the "honesty box." Click through to read in full.

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is the cofounder of On Being / KTPP and currently serves as chief content officer and executive editor. He received a Peabody Award in 2007 for his work on "The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi" and garnered two Webby Awards (in 2005, and again in 2008). The Online News Association nominated his journalistic work multiple times in the general excellence and outstanding specialty journalism categories. Trent's reported and produced stories from Turkey to rural Alabama, from Israel and the West Bank to Cambridge, England.

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Mr. Palmer' s shared thoughts are crystal clear if one is to live & love with true joy. His observation that inadequate teaching in our schools can cause angst is sadly, on target. Too many lives continue to suffer long term damage because such teachers are unleashed on youthful, curious minds. We need, from my perch, to hear more from Mr. Palmer and engage with Socratic methodology. Shalom

You all are awesome! The 1st time I heard your program, krista interviewed Fr, Greg Boyle. Their conversation moved me to tears of delight that there was a person with such an amazing grasp of the drug, alcohol and poverty in our world! And he had viable solutions!!!Every program since has provided me with an expanded sense of Spirituality and it's vast means of expression in every Faith, every job, every aspect of Life.As I write this, the thought came to me that this format could very well be suitable for TV!Thank you all for your Spiritual genius and expression of it to so many of us❤❤❤